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India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... more lasse faire," said M N Chaini, vice president of the Indian Merchant's Chamber who is also president of corporate affairs for Reliance Industries, one of India's leading diversified company groups. This new capitalist orientation has unleashed a ...

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... more than A$3.3 billion of which will be injected into the new CDM fund," Xie said. Zhang Yesui, vice minister of foreign affairs for the Chinese Government, said the CDM fund would be a win-win situation as China would meet its emission targets and ...

Climate change to cost $50bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... result of climate change," Clement Booth, board member of Allianz SE, said. Nicholas Scofield, general manager of corporate affairs, said, "If claims costs continue to this upward trend then it will flow through to premiums for the individual, particularly ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... Reserve's interest rate cut. "Quite a number of stocks are going ex-dividend today, which I thought would have restrained affairs," Mr James said. "Also, base metal prices are mixed, with oil and gold down on Friday. "There are a few rumours around that ...

Perpetual charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... legislation, requiring all Australian trustees to demonstrate care and diligence a prudent person would exercise in managing the affairs of others.

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... consumer debt soaring. However, a report by the Federal Reserve Board's Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs notes, many US families have been saving less and borrowing more against rising home equity, to continue spending beyond their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... day of the two-day Australian Gas Markets Conference takes place. In Adelaide, BHP Billiton group manager of corporate affairs for base metals Richard Yeeles addresses the Australian Pipeline Industry dinner. The Australian sharemarket ended yesterday ...

Bank planners promote gearing strategies

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... them was not a simple process. "By using borrowed funds to contribute to super they give themselves time to plan their affairs. We would expect that most of them will repay their loans within a year or two but some may go longer." Perhaps reflecting ...

Australian Capital Reserve collapses

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... realisation strategy adopted by the administrators... At this stage, the administrators are undertaking a review of the group's affairs and are not in position to make an estimate." Noteholder information sessions will be held on 4 June at 3.00pm at ...

Centric to improve the health of doctors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... diligent, while the healthy incomes enjoyed by many doctors lured them into a state of confidence that their financial affairs would take care of themselves. Many owned homes and "lifestyle assets", said Cooke, but these alone were not enough to ensure ...